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* DuelingWorks: The series premiered in 2022, two weeks after another high profile FantasySeries in the post-''Series/GameOfThrones'' landscape, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. Both also happen to be {{prequel}}s set hundreds of years before a main saga / main MythArc. The duel carries over for Season 2 of both series 2024.
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* DuelingWorks: The series premiered in 2022, two weeks after another high profile FantasySeries in the post-''Series/GameOfThrones'' landscape, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. Both also happen to be {{prequel}}s set hundreds of years before a main saga / main MythArc. The duel carries over for Season 2 of both series in 2024.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: NoAdaptationsAllowed still applies for Third Age material from the [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]] (the era covered in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and the Creator/PeterJackson movie adaptations), hence the series being set in the Second Age. However, Amazon apparently doesn't own the rights to adapt any material from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''[[Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth Unfinished Tales]]'', ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' series, Tolkien's collected ''Letters'', or any other later books of his material (i.e. the overwhelming majority of First and Second Age material) either. They only have rights to ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and thus they're basically relying on the tiny fraction of First and Second Age material referenced within ''The Lord of the Rings'', the bulk of which are in its Appendices (the show even credits ''The Lord of the Rings'' and its Appendices separately). As stated by [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/10-burning-questions-about-amazons-the-rings-of-power/ the showrunners:]]
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: NoAdaptationsAllowed still applies for Third Age material from the [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]] (the era covered in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and the Creator/PeterJackson movie adaptations), [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings movie]] [[Film/TheHobbit adaptations]]), hence the series being set in the Second Age. However, Amazon apparently doesn't own the rights to adapt any material from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''[[Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth Unfinished Tales]]'', ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' series, Tolkien's collected ''Letters'', or any other later books of his material (i.e. the overwhelming majority of First and Second Age material) either. They only have rights to ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and thus they're basically relying on the tiny fraction of First and Second Age material referenced within ''The Lord of the Rings'', the bulk of which are in its Appendices (the show even credits ''The Lord of the Rings'' and its Appendices separately). As stated by [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/10-burning-questions-about-amazons-the-rings-of-power/ the showrunners:]]
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* DuelingWorks: The series premiered in 2022, two weeks after another high profile FantasySeries in the post-''Series/GameOfThrones'' landscape, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. Both also happen to be {{prequel}}s set hundreds of years before a main saga / main MythArc.
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* DuelingWorks: The series premiered in 2022, two weeks after another high profile FantasySeries in the post-''Series/GameOfThrones'' landscape, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. Both also happen to be {{prequel}}s set hundreds of years before a main saga / main MythArc. The duel carries over for Season 2 of both series 2024.
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* IKnewIt: Many fans predicted the big plot-twist revelations of the Season 1 finale: that Halbrand was Sauron in disguise and that the Stranger is implied to be Gandalf.
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* YouSoundFamiliar: In the Japanese dub, Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto, who previously voiced Faramir in the trilogy's live-action films, now voice Celebrimbor.
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* YouSoundFamiliar: In the Japanese dub, Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto, who previously voiced Faramir in the trilogy's live-action films, now voice voices Celebrimbor.
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* YouSoundFamiliar: In the Japanese dub, Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto, who previously voiced Faramir in the trilogy's live-action films, now voice Celebrimbor.
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* ContentLeak: Somewhere in the middle of July 2022, someone working in the Amazon crew leaked details about the plot on 4chan.
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** Somewhere in the middle of July 2022, someone working in the Amazon crew leaked details about the plot on4chan.4chan.
** First leaks about the setting and possible plotlines in the season 2 appeared as early as October 2022 on ''[[https://fellowshipoffans.com/ Fellowship of Fans]]''. By January 2023, first leaks about the official plotlines and which characters new actors will play were already out.
** Somewhere in the middle of July 2022, someone working in the Amazon crew leaked details about the plot on
** First leaks about the setting and possible plotlines in the season 2 appeared as early as October 2022 on ''[[https://fellowshipoffans.com/ Fellowship of Fans]]''. By January 2023, first leaks about the official plotlines and which characters new actors will play were already out.
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** There are many Aussies and Kiwisin the show: Fabian McCallum (with a hint of Welsh for the Elves), Charlie Vickers (RP accent), Tyroe Muhafidin and Geoff Morrell as well Kiwi actor Ian Blackburn doing a Northern English accent and Markella Kavenagh (West Country accent for the Harfoots).
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** There are many Aussies and Kiwisin Kiwis in the show: Fabian McCallum [=McCallum=] (with a hint of Welsh for the Elves), Charlie Vickers (RP accent), Tyroe Muhafidin and Geoff Morrell as well Kiwi actor Ian Blackburn doing a Northern English accent and Markella Kavenagh (West Country accent for the Harfoots).
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/AndySerkis enjoyed watching ''The Rings of Power'', and appreciated how much the creators were loyal to the movies despite not taking place in the same continuity.
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* RoleReprise: Jed Brophy, who portrays the Orc Vrath, previously appeared as the Orc Sharku and other random orcs in the ''Lord of the Rings'' and the Dwarf Nori in ''The Hobbit''.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Charlie Vickers declared he took a [[Series/TheBoys Homelander]] approach to play Sauron.
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* ProductionPosse: ''The Rings of Power'' has involved in its production many of the big names that were behind the creation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit''. Creator/NewLineCinema is involved in the production of the show just as it was with the trilogies, Music/HowardShore produced the intro, Jed Brophy, who portrayed Orc Sharku and other random orcs in the Lord of the Rings and the Dwarf Nori in The Hobbit, plays an orc in the show too, Creator/{{WETA}} is handling the CGI department, and Creator/JohnHowe serves as conceptual designer chief like he did in the movies. Amazon almost had Peter Jackson involved too.
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* FakeBrit: The show adopted similar accents to the movies for the English dialects of Middle-earth, therefore having actors of different backgrounds faking the British accents.
** There are many Aussies and Kiwisin the show: Fabian McCallum (with a hint of Welsh for the Elves), Charlie Vickers (RP accent), Tyroe Muhafidin and Geoff Morrell as well Kiwi actor Ian Blackburn doing a Northern English accent and Markella Kavenagh (West Country accent for the Harfoots).
** Americans: Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad, Ema Horvath and Cynthia Addai-Robinson having RP accent.
** There are many Aussies and Kiwisin the show: Fabian McCallum (with a hint of Welsh for the Elves), Charlie Vickers (RP accent), Tyroe Muhafidin and Geoff Morrell as well Kiwi actor Ian Blackburn doing a Northern English accent and Markella Kavenagh (West Country accent for the Harfoots).
** Americans: Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad, Ema Horvath and Cynthia Addai-Robinson having RP accent.
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* SeparatedAtBirthCasting:
** Both Creator/MorfyddClark and Amelie Child-Villiers bear a striking resemblance to each other as they play adult and child version of Galadriel. And despite the show taking place into a different continuity, is not too far stretched to believe that their resemblance to Creator/CateBlanchett played an important role in casting them as Galadriel.
** While, as mentioned previously, the series is in a different continuity from the Creator/PeterJackson movies, [[https://www.tvinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LordOfTheRings-Daniel-Weyman-NYCC-2022.jpg Daniel Weyman]] as The Stranger is so ''incredibly'' convincing as a young [[spoiler:Creator/IanMcKellen]] that many viewers guessed his true identity from Weyman's appearance alone. When he gets a chance to speak [[YouNoTakeCandle in complete sentences]] in the finale, he also utterly nails the other actor's mannerisms.
** Both Creator/MorfyddClark and Amelie Child-Villiers bear a striking resemblance to each other as they play adult and child version of Galadriel. And despite the show taking place into a different continuity, is not too far stretched to believe that their resemblance to Creator/CateBlanchett played an important role in casting them as Galadriel.
** While, as mentioned previously, the series is in a different continuity from the Creator/PeterJackson movies, [[https://www.tvinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LordOfTheRings-Daniel-Weyman-NYCC-2022.jpg Daniel Weyman]] as The Stranger is so ''incredibly'' convincing as a young [[spoiler:Creator/IanMcKellen]] that many viewers guessed his true identity from Weyman's appearance alone. When he gets a chance to speak [[YouNoTakeCandle in complete sentences]] in the finale, he also utterly nails the other actor's mannerisms.
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* OnSetInjury: No less than 3 stunt actors suffered severe injuries while filming for the show.
** Stunt performer Dana Grunt suffered serious head injury that developed into a brain aneurysm. Rumors are that she accidented herself after being forced to make stunts she was not comfortable with, probably because they were not safe enough. Thankfully, she got a brain-surgery and is fine is present.
** Another one, Alyssa Cadwell ended up with a head injury after striking a bolt while filming for Galadriel's water scenes. She was paid 500,000 dollars by Amazon for her hospital expenses.
** And the last stunt double was Thomas Kiwi, who got his right shoulder seriously injured after performing backflips with an improper support wire system. After his injury, he retired from the production and warned them to be more careful with the safety of the stunt performers.
** Stunt performer Dana Grunt suffered serious head injury that developed into a brain aneurysm. Rumors are that she accidented herself after being forced to make stunts she was not comfortable with, probably because they were not safe enough. Thankfully, she got a brain-surgery and is fine is present.
** Another one, Alyssa Cadwell ended up with a head injury after striking a bolt while filming for Galadriel's water scenes. She was paid 500,000 dollars by Amazon for her hospital expenses.
** And the last stunt double was Thomas Kiwi, who got his right shoulder seriously injured after performing backflips with an improper support wire system. After his injury, he retired from the production and warned them to be more careful with the safety of the stunt performers.
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* PromotedFanboy: ''Music/BearMcCreary'' has been a long time fan of Creator/PeterJackson and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', and had read Tolkien since he was 10 years old. After the movies got out, he declared that he could only hope one day to work on a such project too. He finally got his wishes granted once he was asked to compose the score for the TV series.
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* FakeScot: Owain Arthur is a Welsh actor and does Scottish accent for Prince Durin.
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* DeletedScene: There was a scene filmed that would have revealed Durin IV's name, but it was cut in the last minute because the showrunners later decided the episode's runtime was already too long.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/AndySerkis enjoyed watching ''The Rings of Power'', and appreciated how much the creators were loyal to the movies despite not taking place in the same continuity.
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* CashCowFranchise: Released after the death of Christopher Tolkien, ''Rings of Power'' became the first Tolkien Estate-approved work to embrace this, giving way to [[TheMerch broad merchandising]] (as opposed to the ''films'', a non-estate-approved CashCowFranchise).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/JosephMawle announced in December 2022 that he wouldn't be returning for Season 2, with it being announced shortly after that Adar would be portrayed by Sam Hazeldine in subsequent seasons.
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* InNameOnly: While coming up with original characters and plots was more or less unavoidable for any story taking place in the Second Age (given the fact that this period had the least background material), the sheer amount of deviations from and outright contradictions of the source material make it this.
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* InNameOnly: While coming up with original characters and plots was more or less unavoidable for any story taking place in the Second Age (given the fact that this period had the least background material), the sheer amount of deviations from and outright contradictions of the source material make it this.
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His credit in the intro is not given any special prominence and and I don't see his name on any of the soundtrack covers
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* StuntCasting: A case of stunt ''composing''. Music/HowardShore is back... composing the two-minute opening titles and nothing else. The show itself is scored by Music/BearMcCreary. Nevertheless, Shore's name is [[WolverinePublicity placed prominently]] in the title sequence and on the soundtrack album cover.
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* ContentLeak: Somewhere in the middle of July, someone working in the Amazon crew leaked Rings of Power details about the plot on 4chan.
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* RoleReprise: Jed Brophy, who portrays the Orc Vrath, previously appeared as the Orc Sharku and other random orcs in the ''Lord of the Rings'' and the Dwarf Nori in ''The Hobbit''.
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* DarkhorseCasting: It's telling that the "biggest" names in the cast are up-and-coming actors -- Creator/CynthiaAddaiRobinson (of ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' fame), Creator/BenjaminWalker (''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' and ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson''), Creator/MorfyddClark (''Film/ThePersonalHistoryOfDavidCopperfield'', ''Series/{{Dracula|2020}}'' and ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'') and Creator/RobertAramayo (a younger Ned Stark in a few episodes of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and as motorcycling pioneer Bill Harley in ''Series/HarleyAndTheDavidsons''). There's also perhaps Creator/LennyHenry (''Series/Chef1993'') for British viewers, and Simon Merrells, who was the deliveryman for the Four Horsemen in ''Series/GoodOmens2019''.
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* DarkhorseCasting: It's telling that the "biggest" names in the cast are up-and-coming actors -- Creator/CynthiaAddaiRobinson (of ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' fame), Creator/BenjaminWalker (''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' and ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson''), Creator/MorfyddClark (''Film/ThePersonalHistoryOfDavidCopperfield'', ''Series/{{Dracula|2020}}'' and ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'') and Creator/RobertAramayo (a younger Ned Stark in a few episodes of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and as motorcycling pioneer Bill Harley in ''Series/HarleyAndTheDavidsons''). There's also perhaps Creator/LennyHenry (''Series/Chef1993'') for British viewers, and Simon Merrells, who was the deliveryman for the Four Horsemen in ''Series/GoodOmens2019''.''Series/GoodOmens2019'' and was also featured as Marcus Crassus in ''Spartacus''.
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor Charlie Vickers [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/ didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree.
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor Charlie Vickers Creator/CharlieVickers [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/ didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree. He was asked to read passages from ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' and ''Theatre/RichardIII'' for his audition, giving him the hint his character might have a dark side.
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/ didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree..
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor Charlie Vickers [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/ didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree..degree.
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree..
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* ActingInTheDark: Halbrand's actor [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/didn't com/tv/tv-news/rings-of-power-finale-sauron-actor-interview-1235240895/ didn't know the real nature of his character]] until he began filming episode 3, but suspected it up to some degree..
